pull-down — Dizionario inglese

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1. A dynamic menu; a list of options in a computer application which appears below a heading when it is selected, and remains only as long as the user needs it.

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2. A technique by which a protein is brought down in a test tube by another.

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3. The conversion of video footage to a higher frame rate by duplicating certain frames.

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   When a TV monitor is in shot, and the film is transferred to video through the normal 2:3 pulldown there will be a strobing effect where the film and video frame rates clash.

4. Dodder (plant of genus Cuscuta).

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5. A trick done with rings where each ring is pulled down over the head instead of being caught and held in the hand.

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   pull-down assayretractable

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   Another classic trick with rings is the 'pull-down'. This can only be done with rings that fit easily over your head.

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   2004, Luke Holman, Hardest, most tech trick on the net, May 12 2004 via Google Groups For example, the 11 ring pulldown didn't stick in my head because I don't really juggle rings, and I have no conception of how hard it is.

6. An exercise mostly performed by pulling cables, a bar, or handles from a machine situated diagonally to the front top of the sportsman and targetting the rear muscles.

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1. That can be pulled down (lowered).

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   The new seating in the second-class open coach; note the newspaper racks and the pull-down tables on the seat-backs.